The Team of the Week usually rewards players who have scored multiple goals or defenders who keep a clean sheet and score a goal in the same gameweek. The squads are made up of players who put in good performances for their teams on a regular basis but were not included in any of the Teams of the Week during the season. In previous versions, three Most Consistent Teams of the Season are released, one each for the three card levels: gold, silver and bronze. This also includes special cards like Man of the Match but may not consider the Scream items from Halloween or Christmas Squad Building Challenge rewards. The first Team of the Season squads released each year are for the most consistent players who have not received an in-form version of their normal card during the season.
Goal explains the various Teams of the Season and looks at which players might be chosen for the 23-man squads.
In the past, it has always started with the Most Consistent Team of the Season before releasing squads for individual leagues or combined league panels such as Benelux or the Football League.